Title From Mesmer to Christian Science a Short History of Mental Healing

Binding Hardcover

Book Condition Very Good

Jacket Condition No Jacket Jacket

Publisher New Hyde Park, New York University Books 1963

Seller ID 001014

Clean, solid book. Green cloth boards. Gold title on front, and on spine over burgundy inset. Red pastedowns. Very minor wear. A few light smudges to page edges. "The aim of the present work is briefly to describe the various phases of the movement initiated by Mesmer, and to trace the successive attempts made by those who came after him to get below the surface to the underlying reality. The universal indifferent fluid of the famous Propositions was discredited in the eyes of the scientific world by Bailly's report. By Mesmer's followers, even in his lifetime, it was weighed and found wanting."Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.